42nd Street (1933)
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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 19 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis:
Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust into the limelight. Last minute preparations for opening night with the new star turn the... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: James Seymour, Rian James
Composer: Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: James Seymour, Rian James
Composer: Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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This 1933 film is the best known of the Warner Brothers Depression-era musicals, though it doesn't compare in dash and extravagance to later entries in the cycle.
10/16/07 03:45 PM
Top Critic
The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.
08/08/06 03:16 AM
Top Critic Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come.
04/08/06 04:26 AM
...the film that practically invented every backstage musical cliché we know today...remains a remarkable achievement for a film over seven decades old.
03/22/06 09:35 AM
Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.
01/26/06 03:15 AM
42nd Street may not be the best backstage musical ever made, but it's certainly the most enjoyable and durable in appeal--find out why.
08/26/05 05:59 PM
The strength of a musical is its songs, and this film had a mixed bag.
02/15/04 08:03 AM
One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical.
01/11/04 08:12 PM
Busby Berkeley's astonishing choreography is singularly cinematic and still astonishing.
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04/11/03 04:01 PM
Busby Berkeley choreography; Powell and Keeler plus all-star supporting cast. A Warner Bros. clasic musical, though campy by today's standards.
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08/22/02 04:05 PM
The real star, though, is the master of kaleidoscopic imagery, Busby Berkeley.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
42nd Street (1933) is the classic, fast-paced, backstage movie musical - a refreshing film that changed the film musical forever and saved Warner Bros. studios from bankruptcy
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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